The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵós
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵ-tóm
- Proto-Balto-Slavic*berˀźtan
- Proto-Slavic*bersto
- Old East Slavicбересто (beresto)
- Russianбереста́ (berestá)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Russianберестоло́гия (berestológija)
- English todayberestology
Borrowed from Russian берестоло́гия (berestológija) from береста́ (berestá, “birchbark”) + -ло́гия (-lógija, suffix indicating the study of a particular subject).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.